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World Snooker Championship to remain at Crucible until at least 2045 with revamp

Snooker’s world championship will remain at the Crucible for at least the next two decades after the World Snooker Tour agreed a long-term arrangement with the venue

The Guardian - UK

World Snooker Championship to stay at Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre with long-term deal

The future of snooker’s most prestigious tournament was up in the air but the new deal keeps it in Sheffield until at least 2045, with renovations also planned for the Crucible

The Independent UK

‘You can feel it’: South Yorkshire revival gathers pace as new industries move in

From steel to screen, podcasts to defence, Sheffield’s economy is diversifying amid a wave of new investment

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21 Jaw-Dropping Wildlife Shots That Won Big At The British Wildlife Photography Awards

The winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2026 have been announced, and this year’s top prize went to Paul Hobson for his striking image of a toad swimming across a woodland reflection, captured from a pond-floor perspective in Sheffield, England.

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‘Daylight robbery’: M1 drivers boggle at the rising price of fuel

Woodall services near Sheffield is now one of the UK’s most expensive pit stops, with petrol at 172.9p a litre

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Reverend and the Makers frontman on becoming chairman of Sheffield FC: ‘It won’t work like Wrexham’

Jon McClure is spearheading a consortium that has secured a "significant minority" stake in the ninth-tier club, established in 1857

The Independent UK

Reverend and the Makers frontman rules out Wrexham model for Sheffield FC

Jon McClure’s next musical adventure is a collaboration with Robbie Williams and he said the former Take That star is certain to visit Sheffield.

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David Hollinger obituary

Other lives: Mountaineering guide and instructor who made many international ascents, including the north face of the Eiger and in the Himalayas

The Guardian - UK

The Ladies Football Club review – squad of 11 salute Sheffield’s pioneering players

A dynamic team of actors capture the spirit of female footballers during the first world war – though the storytelling is sometimes fumbled

The Guardian - UK

“Those fridges are probably the fourth best musical group to come out of Sheffield”: Supermarket goes viral for the chilled ambient drones of its freezer section

“These freezers are live on BBC Radio 1 right now”

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‘Like an electrical gong bath!’ The Sheffield supermarket going viral for the symphonic sound of its freezers

Redditors are thrilled by the Co-op on Ecclesall Road, where a magnificent drone is reminiscent of Brian Eno’s ambient music. We take a visit to the back aisles

The Guardian - UK

School boss spends £50k on knife detectors – warning classrooms can be ‘vulnerable’ after horror stabbings

Jo Higgins, chief executive officer at Dudley Academies Trust, said the metal detectors, also known as knife arches, were being installed after ‘overwhelmingly positive’ support from parents

The Independent UK

"Anyone that wants to succeed in anything knows that it comes at a sacrifice." One of the UK's best metal bands announce that they won't be touring for the foreseeable future, fiercely criticise the cynical grind of the modern music industry

These Sheffield ragers will be sorely missed while they pause, recalibrate and plan to come back stronger

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Michelin holds steady: 20 new one-star UK restaurants announced

The Michelin Guide Great Britain & Ireland awards in Dublin delivered a year of consolidation rather than shock, with 20 new one-star restaurants, a pair of new two-star promotions and all three-star restaurants retaining their status, as regional breakthroughs finally came for cities such as Sheffield and Brighton

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Why walking in a national park in the dark prompts people to turn off lights at home

As soon as you drive over the top of the Peak District and down into Sheffield you can see the light pollution – and it’s horrible, said a participant in a research project into darkness and light pollution.

Evening Standard

Fact check: Sheffield bins, fake picture of Nigel Farage and rubbish video

Round-up of fact checks from the last week compiled by Full Fact.

Evening Standard

‘Too many red flags’ – Parents of murdered boy say school could have saved him

Harvey Willgoose, 15, was stabbed by a fellow pupil in front of horrified children and teachers at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield.

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“The studio bill came to £148.50. So with the £1.50 in change we all bought a celebratory bag of fish and chips”: Before superstardom and multi-million-selling albums, the young Def Leppard made their very first record on the cheap

“It was difficult doing the scream in The Overture on a Sunday morning”

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From the rubble to the ritz: The story behind Arctic Monkeys’ earth-quaking debut album

IN FOCUS: Twenty years since the Sheffield band released ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’, it remains the bedrock of contemporary British guitar music. Mark Beaumont speaks to producers Alan Smyth and Jim Abbiss about the making of a cultural H-bomb

Evening Standard

Pensioner killed by woman who left unit was failed on every level, says family

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times by Emma Borowy, 32.

The Independent UK

Pensioner killed in ‘ritual sacrifice’ was failed on every level, says family

Special needs bus driver Roger Leadbeater, 74, was stabbed multiple times as he walked his dog Max in a Sheffield park in August 2023

Evening Standard

Sean Bean to host birdwatching podcast

The Hollywood actor said he spent ‘many happy hours’ birdwatching when he was growing up in Sheffield.

The Independent UK

‘We want this’: Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson embrace pressure as they aim for Olympic gold

The pair are bidding to follow in the footsteps of ‘trailblazers’ Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean with an Olympic medal in Milan

The Independent UK

Great Britain’s Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson in contention for European title after first skate

Three-time European medallists Fear and Gibson sit in second place after the rhythm dance in Sheffield

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2027 routes revealed as famous race returns to Britain for first time since 2014

Edinburgh will host the men’s Grand Depart before the peloton head south via Liverpool to Wales, while the women’s edition will begin in Leeds and take in Manchester, Sheffield and London

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